On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > On 03/07/2013 02:34, Andrew Berg wrote: >> DOS is long >> dead, and is much, much different under the hood from the console >> subsystem in modern versions of Windows. > > > While this is clearly true, it's by no means unusual for people to refer > to the "DOS Box" or talk about "DOS commands" etc. even when they're > quite well aware of the history of Windows and its Console subsystem. > It's just quicker than saying "Console Window" or something. > > I mention this because it seems to get called out every time someone > uses the term "DOS" on this and other Python lists and it can smack > slightly of pedantry.
I would avoid the term "DOS Box" in reference to cmd.exe though, because DOSBox is an emulator. (Also because I have an OS/2 heritage, where a DOS Window is command.com in a virtual x86 windowed session, while an OS/2 Window is the native OS/2 command interpreter.) But in general usage, calling them "DOS commands" is sloppy but unambiguous. I wouldn't be concerned one way or the other. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list